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Topic: Trident maple rough-in (Read 6879 times)

A study group member recently dug/acquired SEVERAL Trident maples. This one was one of the larger ones and after he saw growth from the tree, he wanted to go ahead and set it on its course.

We had some discussion as to what needed cutting and we didn't all agree at first. We eventually decided what to cut and found a place to do the work. (It was pouring but we put down a tarp on the back porch.)

We convinced the nursery/homeowner to let us cut on his back porch. We weren't able to convince him to let us grind things down on his porch ...and the rain wouldn't let us work outside. The owner of the tree is going to grind things down in the next week (we've got rain the next 4 days) and cover things with cut paste.

I'm not sure if all the work's been done, but since these pictures there's been lots of carving to smooth out where the sawzall couldn't. There were a few more places that needed carving when I saw it but I hope to have pictures of the finished trunk soon.